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Some observers predict that “open access” journals, which offer the complete text of their papers without charge to the public, will eventually replace those that require a subscription for access. Many journals below require a personal subscription. Fortunately, most of these offer you free abstracts, and on occasion, an “open access” article, usually one of significant interest. Our recommendation is that you first read the abstract to see if you are interested in going further. If you do have access, try to read the introduction to papers. They briefly describe the background and are often more understandable than the abstract. Then go to the section called “discussion” or “commentary” for more material to put the findings in perspective.  If you then Google key words and/or the author you will often find brief articles in news services that give summaries of the medical papers in understandable language.

Subscription-only journals, as mentioned, usually have some “free articles”, and provide a sample copy.

In addition, www.pubmed.gov, or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health also offer open access to all abstracts. If you click their links to the original paper, you may pleasantly find that the entire article is available to you. You can also set the pubmed filter to show all free articles from the “Show All…” page. Please also see all the health links on our site, and visit us often for news.

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